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(CNN) - While Tropical Storm Humberto was passing through the Bahamas before becoming a hurricane, residents recovering from Hurricane Dorian feared they would be struck again before they could recover.
"I don't want to hear about more storms," Sitha Silien told CNN from Abaco Island.
"Really? Do I have to go back to this? No, I don't want to know anything, not even rain, ”he said.
His house, along with almost everything else in the mostly Haitian slum called "The Mudd," is gone.
Humberto brought back feelings of terror for Dorian survivors, only two weeks after the category 5 storm decimated much of the Grand Bahamas and Abacus Islands.
Nassau's everyday sounds provoke terrifying memories of Silien, even the sounds of an airplane are too much for her.
“I jumped, I thought it was another storm. When I reached the door, it was nothing and the policeman told me: What happened? '”Silien recalled of his surprise. "I asked ... if it was another hurricane and he said no and said 'that's the plane!' -I said, Jesus Christ! ”
While waiting to be transferred to his third shelter in ten days, his only goal is to find and bury the bodies of his mother and brother, who died in his arms during the storm.
"I lift my brother ... I lift him, I literally lift him with my hands and the other friends bring him along the way," he said. "They found some bodies, they didn't find some bodies ... but I know that my mom and my brother were there."
The official death toll in the Bahamas remains at 50 since it was announced almost a week ago, but authorities have warned that the number is likely to increase dramatically as more people are identified.
Silien says she told the government about her mother, her brother and a cousin who died during the storm.
Haitians worried about their safety after the storm
Although Silien says she is grateful for the way she has been treated in shelters, she does not want to stay in Nassau.
She and other evacuees of Haitian descent have described the area as unwelcome after a round of WhatsApp posts that pointed to the community after the storm.
Odiles and Agnes Pierre escaped Abaco with their four children and now stay with a friend of their boss while they wait to leave Nassau.
"We don't want to live in Nassau, because few people said that, in videos and other things, we should kill all Haitians because they caused the hurricane that destroyed Abaco," Agnes Pierre told CNN.
Some of the messages applauded the destruction of mainly Haitian communities such as the Mudd and made death threats and claimed that the hurricane was a punishment for believing in voodoo.
“I don't want to be killed. I've been through so much, we survive this now ... I don't want to come here and die, ”the mother told CNN.
When speaking with CNN, many local Bahamians repeatedly referred to Haitians as "illegal," explaining that there are deep-rooted tensions between the groups.
But government officials have repeatedly said that all Dorian victims will be treated equally when it comes to disaster relief.
The Pierre family does not trust that promise and wants to get their children out of the Bahamas.
“I wish we could get to the United States, until I return to the island, so that at least my children can go to school and feel comfortable,” said Odiles Pierre.
However, the chances of obtaining a U.S. visa quickly are slim, as they lost important documents during the storm that also left them out of work.
CNN's Hollie Silverman contributed to this report.
